Convention Schedule

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Office Set up/Move In
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Tygart
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Registration Open
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Ballroom Foyer
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Exhibitor Set Up
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Stonewall Ballroom
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Dinner On Your Own
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
No Location
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Board of Directors Meeting
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Maple
Thursday, February 8, 2024
7:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Registration Open
7:00 AM - 6:30 PM
 
Ballroom Foyer
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Seminar: CURSES?! #%&; No. Cursive. (2 PDH)
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Don Teter - Fairmont State University
Maple
Seminar: The Mason Dixon Line Through the Journal and Google Earth (2 PDH)
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Richard Casteel - Past President of WVSPS, WVASHS President, Chief Surveyor at I 3 Engineering and Consulting, LLC.
Birch
Seminar: The New Elevation Certificate in Depth (2 PDH)
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Bart Crattie
Pecan
Seminar: Winter Tree ID (2 PDH)
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Dave McGill
Summersville
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Break
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
 
Ballroom Foyer
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM
General Membership Meeting (1 PDH)
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM
 
Stonewall Ballroom
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
 
Stonewall Ballroom
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Seminar: Deriving Astronomical Azimuths from Polaris Observations (2 PDH)
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Kevin Brockett - Chief Surveyor at Triad Engineering, Inc.
Summersville
Seminar: Gun Laws for Surveyors (2 PDH)
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Todd La Neve
Maple
Seminar: WV Flood Tool (2 PDH)
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Timothy Keaton
Kurt Donaldson
Birch
1:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Seminar: Precise Survey Measurements: Stairway to Heaven or Pathway to Purgatory (4 PDH)
1:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Don Teter - Fairmont State University
Pecan
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Break
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
 
Ballroom Foyer
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Exhibitor Seminar: Challenging the Status Quo with Leica Geosystems (1 PDH)
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Greg Perkins - Leica Geosystems
Summersville
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Seminar: Letters of Map Change – LOMA’s and LOMR’s: The Surveyor’s Role and Responsibilities (2 PDH)
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Bart Crattie
Birch
Seminar: WVASHS Annual Meeting (2 PDH)
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Richard Casteel - Past President of WVSPS, WVASHS President, Chief Surveyor at I 3 Engineering and Consulting, LLC.
Maple
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Exhibitor Seminar: Up and Surveying: LiDAR to Contours (1 PDH)
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Bobby Mullinax - SmartDrone
Summersville
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Break
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM
 
Ballroom Foyer
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Social Hour
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
 
Ballroom Foyer
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Young Surveyors Reception
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM
 
Birch
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Exhibitors Dinner w/ Entertainment
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
 
Stonewall Ballroom
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
County Surveyors Meeting (1 PDH)
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
 
Maple
8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Hospitality Suite
8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
 
325
Friday, February 9, 2024
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Past Presidents Breakfast
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
 
Library
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Registration Open
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
 
Ballroom Foyer
8:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Seminar: FS Exam Review (4 PDH)
8:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Jared Wilson - East Tennessee State University
Summersville
Seminar: Herpetology ID & Safety (4 PDH)
8:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Andy McKee
Maple
Seminar: Pincushion Effect – The Multiple Monument Dilemma in American Land Surveying Part I (4 PDH)
8:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Jeff Lucas
Birch
Seminar: Project Management for Surveyors Part I (4 PDH)
8:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Earnest McCarty - US Army Corps of Engineers
Pecan
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Break
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
 
Ballroom Foyer
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
 
Stonewall Ballroom
1:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Seminar: Pincushion Effect – The Multiple Monument Dilemma in American Land Surveying Part II (4 PDH)
1:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Jeff Lucas
Birch
Seminar: Project Management for Surveyors Part II (4 PDH)
1:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Earnest McCarty - US Army Corps of Engineers
Maple
Seminar: PS Exam Review (4 PDH)
1:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Jared Wilson - East Tennessee State University
Summersville
Seminar: Surveyor Jeopardy (4 PDH)
1:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Tim Kinder
Pecan
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Break
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
 
Ballroom Foyer
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Social Hour
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
 
Ballroom Foyer
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Awards Banquet
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
 
Stonewall Ballroom
8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Hospitality Suite
8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
 
325
Saturday, February 10, 2024
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Prayer Breakfast
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
 
Stonewall Ballroom
7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Registration Open
7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
 
Ballroom Foyer
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Seminar: GNSS RTK in the Boundary Arena: The Usefulness and Accuracy of GNSS RTK Technology in the Recovery of Evidence and Monumentation of Corners (2 PDH)
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Marshall Robinson - Allegheny Surveys
Birch
8:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Seminar: Basic Boundary Concepts and Common Sense for Surveyors (4 PDH)
8:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Don Teter - Fairmont State University
Pecan
Seminar: GIS for Surveyors Part I (4 PDH)
8:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Jeffrey Horneman - Horneman Surveying & Cartography
Summersville
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Break
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
 
Ballroom Foyer
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Seminar: Useful Tools for Surveyors and Engineers from State and Federal Agencies (2 PDH)
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Paul Liston
Birch
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
 
Stonewall Ballroom
1:15 PM - 3:15 PM
Exhibitor Tear Down
1:15 PM - 3:15 PM
 
Stonewall Ballroom
Seminar: Making Sense of Chaos: How Boundary Law Principles Give Substance to Our Decisions (2 PDH)
1:15 PM - 3:15 PM
Marshall Robinson - Allegheny Surveys
Pecan
Seminar: The Darling Line and Four Corners (2 PDH)
1:15 PM - 3:15 PM
Don Teter - Fairmont State University
Maple
1:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Seminar: GIS for Surveyors Part II (4 PDH)
1:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Jeffrey Horneman - Horneman Surveying & Cartography
Summersville
Seminar: West Virginia Minimum Standards and Ethics (4 PDH)
1:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Earnest McCarty - US Army Corps of Engineers
Birch
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Break
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
 
Ballroom Foyer
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Seminar: Boundaries Along Streams in West Virginia (2 PDH)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Don Teter - Fairmont State University
Pecan